Scoop or ladle.



,,No. 7'72,6';4t. V PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

- I. A. ROMMER.

SCOOP OR LADLB. APPLICATION FILED JUNE Lam 1904.

K0 MODEL.

UN ITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFIC IsAAo A. ROMMER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

scoop on LADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters PatentNo. 772,674, dated October 18, 1904. Application filed June 30, 1904. Serial No. 214,708 (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsAAo A. ROMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark,

in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoops or Ladles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the-invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention has reference to improvernents in measuring scoops or ladies, which may be used for various purposes; and this invention has for its primary object 'to provide a novel construction of scoop or ladle provided with a movable bottom and means for displacing said bottom from the head to readily discharge the contents from the said head and whereby a device has been produced which is especially, adapted for-scooping up predetermined quantities of ice-cream or the like, and the said bottom and connect ing parts being of such arrangement and con: struction that the bottom is automatically returned into the head after the ice-cream has been discharged.

A further object of this invention is to provide a simply and cheaply constructed measuring scoop or ladle which can be quickly andeasily manipulated for scooping up predetermined quantities of ice-cream .and the like and ejecting the same into a dish or glass, the several parts of the device being furthermore of such arrangement that without much trouble and effort they can easily be kept clean.

novel -measuring scoop or ladle hereinafter.

set--forth; and, furthermore, this invention I consists in the arrangements and combinations 1%} of-thebonstruction of the same, allof which of the various parts, as well as in thedetails Otherjobjects of this invention not at this will be hereinafter more particularly described and, then finally embodied in the clauses of; the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of the-said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a measuring scoop or ladle embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View of the same; and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the scoop or ladle with the movable bottom and parts represented in their normal initial position for the scooping purpose, the operated or actuated positions of the parts being also represented in dotted outline in said figure. Fig. l is a part longitudinal vertical section and part side view of a measuring scoop or ladle of a slightly-modified construction pro'vided with a bearing portion and locking device pivotally suspended from said bearing; and Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section of the handle and bearing of the said scoop or ladle,

I showing in end elevation the said holding means.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

' Referring now to the several figures ofthe drawings, the reference character 1 indicates the complete measuring scoop orladle, the same comprising a suitably-constructed and preferably cylindrical head 2, which is provvided with an-open bottom ,3 and a suitable bottom 'or base plate supporting means, the same being preferably an inwardly-extending annular bead or flange 4,- substantially as shown in Figs. 3 and i of the drawings. The upper part of the said body or head 2 is open,

'as at 5, and forms a mouth or discharging portion above which the movable bottom or base plate 6 can be projected, substantially as and for the purposes to be presently 'described. Rigidly connected with a portion of the said body or head 2 in any suitable manner, but preferably by means of a portion 8, is an arm or supporting-bar 7 forming a handle, the said arm or bar 7 being made at its end with a downwardly-bent or curved portion 9, with which is connected a spring arm or lever 10, having an extension 11, which is suitably connected with the under surface of the said movable bottom or base plate 6, substantially as illustrated, the tendency of this spring arm or .lever 10 being normally to keep the said bottom or base plate 6 seated upon the supporting means or flange 4 of the body or head 2. The said arm or lever 10 may be of any suitable configuration, but is preferably made with the curved portions 12, 13, 14:, and 15, as shown; but these are not essential, and a straight arm may be arranged between the curved or bent portion 9 and the extension 11. The said curved portions 12, 13, 1 1, and 15 are preferred, however, for the better manipulation of the said arm or lever 10 in bringing the bottom or base .plate 6 into its raised position above the mouth of the body or head 2, as will presently appear.

In the manipulation of the device for the scooping up of the ice-cream or the like the hand is placed about the rigid arm or bar 7, and after the interior of the body or head 2 and seated bottom or base plate is filled full by scooping up the ice-cream the lingers of the operator may be arranged beneath the said arm or bar 7 in the space formed by said arm or bar 7 and the spring arm or lever 10 with the thumb resting upon the upper surface of said arm or bar 7. After the icecream or other material has been scooped up the forefinger is removed from the said space between the said arm or bar 7 and the spring arm or lever 10, the remainingfingers and the thumb still being maintained in their holding relation about the said arm or bar 7, and the said forefinger is then placed against the under surface of the spring arm or lever 10 With the finger resting in the depression formed by the curved portion 1 1. The device is turned over adish or glass, and by applying pressure by means of the forefinger against the said spring arm or lever 10 the latter and the said bottom or base plate 6 are forced into the positions indicated in the dotted outline in said Fig. '3 of the drawings, whereby the ice-cream or the like is expelled from the said body or head 2, as will be clearly understood. As soon as the pressure is removed from the spring arm or lever 10 the parts are automatically returned to their normal initial positions.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown the portion 8 of the bar or arm 7 provided with a bracket-like member 16, which is formed at its upper end portion with a receiving loop or bearing 17, the same being suitably secured upon the under side of the bar or arm 7 in any desirable manner. Pivotally suspended from this loop or bearing l7is a holding device, which may be termed a trigger, the same, as will be seen from an inspection of Figs. 4 and 5, comprising a ring-shaped body18, provided with cut-away or slotted parts 19 and pintlcs or fingers 20, which extend from opposite sides into said loop or bearing 17 and are pivotally arranged therein, as clearly illustrated in said figure of the drawings. The action of this trigger will be understood from an inspection of Fig. a of the drawings, its purpose being when the ring-shaped body 18 is forced into frictional holding engagement with the under surface of the bracket-like lnember 16 and the upper surface of the curved part 1 1 of the spring armor lever 10 to securely retain the parts in their locked or rigid relation with the bottom or base plate (3, securely and positively seated upon the said supporting means or annular shoulder or head at of the body or head 2. The device can thus be used in the manner of a scoop or ladle, and when the trigger is pulled back by means of the linger, so as to bring it in the position indicated in dotted outline in said Fig. 1, then the spring arm or lever 10 can be manipulated in the manner hereinabove set forth and the bottom or base plate 6 forced from the mouth of the said body or head 2 to eject the ice-creamer other matter from said body or head.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a simply-constructed and sanitary measuring scoop or ladle which can be put to many uses and one which is neat and cheap, the arrangement of the manipulable parts being such that they cannot get out of order.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the arrangements and combinations of the parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, withoutdeparting from the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangments and combinations of the parts as described in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I conline myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a scoop or ladle, the combination, with an open-bottomed head, abase-plate movabl y arranged in said head, a handle, and a springarm between said handle and said base-plate, said spring-arm being provided with curved finger-receiving portions, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Inascoop or ladle, the combination, with an open-bottomed head, a base-supporting means connected with said head and forming a seat, a base-plate movably arranged in said head, a handle, and a spring-arm between said handle and said base-plate for retaining said plate normally upon said seat, said springarm being provided with curved linger-receiving portions, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a scoop or ladle, the combination, with an open-bottomed head, an inwardly-extending annular flange in said headforming aseat,

a base-plate m'ovably arranged in said head,

a handle, and a spring-arm between said handle and said base-plate for retaining said plate normally upon said seat, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a scoop or ladle, the combination, with an open-bottomed head, a base-plate movably arranged in said head, ahandle, and a springarm between said handle and said base-plate, and a locking means pivotally attached to said handle adapted to ,be brought in frictional hold:

ing engagement with said spring-arm, substantially as and for the-purposes set forth.

5. In a scoop or ladle, the combination, with an open-bottomed head, a base-supporting means connected withjsaid head and forming a seat, a base-plate movably arranged in said head, a handle, and spring-arm between said handle and said base-plate for retaining said plate normally upon said seat, and a locking means pivotally attached to said handle adapted to be brought in frictional holding engagement with said spring-arm, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In ascoop or ladle, the combination, with, an open-bottomed head, an inwardly-extend- I ing annular flange in said head forming aseat, abase-plate movably arranged in sald head, a handle, and a spring-arm between said handleand said base-plate for retaining said plate normally upon said seat, and a locking means pivotally attached to said handle adapted to be brought in frictional holding engagement with said spring-arm, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The herein-describedmeasuring scoop or ladle, comprising a head, a base-plate movably arranged in said head, a handle rigidly connected with said head, and a spring-arm integrally connected at one end with said handle, and secured at its other end to said baseplate, said spring-arm being provided with curved finger-receiving portions, substantially as and for the purposes set forth;

8. The herein-described measuring scoop or ladle, comprising a head, a base-plate movably arranged in said head, a handle rigidly connected with said head, and a spring-arm integrally connected at one end with said handle, and secured at its other end to said base-, plate, and a locking means 'pivotally attached to said handle. adapted to be brought in'frictional holding engagement with said springpurposes set arm, substantially as forthe forth.

9; The herein-described measuring scoop or ladle, comprising a head, a base-plate normally arranged 'in said head, a handle rigidly connected with said head, said handle having a curved portion 9, and. a' spring-arm integrally connected With said curvediportion 9, and secured at its other end to said base-plate, said spring-arm comprising the connected curved portions 12, 13, 14 and 15, substan-i tially as and for the purposes set forth.

10, The herein-described measuring scoop or ladle, comprising a head, a base-plate movably arranged in said head, a handle rigidly l 28th day of June, 1904.

ISAAC A. ROMMER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D.'RICHARDS. 

